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      mounts
      noun
      A hill or mountain.
      (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
      (heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.
      An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
      (now only figurative) A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
      A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
      A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
      A signal for mounting a horse.
      (martial arts) A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
      (gymnastics) The act of getting onto the apparatus.
      A surname.
      A hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7856).
      A hamlet in Warleggan parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1468).
      (obsolete) A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.
      (obsolete) A bank; a fund.
      (obsolete) A rider in a cavalry unit or division.
      verb
      (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
      (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
      (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
      (transitive, martial arts) To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
      (transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
      (transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
      (intransitive, sometimes with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.
      (transitive) To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
      (transitive) To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.
      (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
      (transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
      (cooking) To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
      (obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.
      (intransitive, rare) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
      (obsolete) To attain in value; to amount (to).
      (transitive, archaic) To deploy (cannon) for use.
      Roots
      monsmount- · Latin · mountain, rise
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